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Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

FET supports collaborative research in order to extend Europe’s capacity for advanced and paradigm-changing innovation. It shall foster scientific collaboration across disciplines on radically new, high-risk ideas and accelerate development of the most promising emerging areas of science and technology.

FET consists of 3 complementary schemes:

FET OpenFET ProactiveFET Flagships

FET Open is a bottom-up scheme that explores novel and visionary ideas without pre-conceived boundaries or proposal deadlines. Official FET Open Website

FET Proactive is a top-down scheme that addresses research and technological innovation in selected themes defined in consultation with the research community. Official FET Proactive Website

FET Flagships are ambitious, large-scale, science-driven, multidisciplinary research initiatives with the potential to put Europe in the forefront of science and provide a basis for future technological innovation and economic exploitation. Official FET Flagships Website

Key Information

Scientific Disciplines

All disciplines (bottom-up)

Industrial Sectors

All sectors (bottom-up)

Main Target Audience

Universities / ETH

Research institutes

Industry / SMEs

Key Information

Duration of the programme: 7 years (2014-2020) under Horizon 2020Swiss eligibility: Swiss participation under the status "Associated Country"Topic search: according to your field of research; find your topic in Horizon 2020. Calls for proposals: one call per year expected; go to the open calls page.

- FET Open proposals can be submitted at any time, three cut-off dates spread over two years (next 27 September 2017 with an overall budget of 84 MioEUR per cut-off).

- FET Innovation Launchpad are small grants (100'000 EUR) supporting the transition from FET research results toward exploitation in the form of services or products (similar to ERC Proof of Concept). Two deadlines are foreseen: next 27 September 2017.

- FET Proactive funds research activities in defined areas. No deadline open yet, next foreseen in 2018. See the FET proactive public consultation for possible next areas and its outcome.

- FET High Performance Computing (HPC) implements the Strategic Research Agenda defined in ETP4HPC. The call is now open with deadlines in 2016 and 2017

- new FET Flagships calls may be launched at the end of H2020. FET Flagships that are already running ("Human Brain" and "Graphene") will call for new partners during H2020. A public consultation has been launched in spring 2016 and a call for preparatory actions for the future flagship is expected in the FET Work programme 2018-20.

Open Access and Data Management: The projects funded under the Future and Emerging Technologies participate in the Pilot on Open Research Data in Horizon 2020 in line with the Commission's Open Access to research data policy for facilitating access, re-use and preservation of research data.

Communication in H2020 Projects: The FET-Open Information Day on July 6 2015 dedicated a session on communication within H2020 by Alexandra Ruete (European Commission, DG RTD): video recording and slides

Self Evaluation Forms: Use the self evaluation forms to see how you will be evaluated by the referees. Self evaluation form for FET-Open for 2014-15 Call: link Self Evaluation Form 2016-17 not available yet